really obsessed with soulmate au’s recently and it got me thinking… what if john’s soulmate was part of the boys? a girl trying to kill him with an entire group of people also trying to kill him… and he’s fated to her? could picture him finding out and just putting his hands on his hips while turning his back to her and doing that click chuckle thing. just in utter disbelief but it is definitely on track for fate’s little play with him and his life lolol
Oohhh, you know, I've never played much with the soulmate au concept, but this struck me just right because I can so clearly see the slow, building meltdown that strikes him when that reveal drops.
The mirthless laugh, shaking his head, the hapless gesture to the ceiling before his hands drop.
"Of course. Of course it's you. Why wouldn't it be? I mean—Christ, it makes sense, doesn't it? Every single person who was supposed to love me has-has fucked it, so why—" he keeps cutting into this escalating, unsettling laughter.
There's nothing funny about it: you're sure that you're watching someone lose the last shred of their sanity in real time.
"Why would my 'soulmate'-", he says, miming big, dramatic quotation marks. "-be any different?" That manic grin has shifted into tight baring of his teeth, a vicious sneer.
He closes in on you, stands so near you can feel the heat of his breath when he hisses, "I should put you in the fucking dirt with the rest of them."
It should be terrifying, but it's hard to focus on anything other than the glassiness of his eyes. The sheer devastating heartbreak of it all, telegraphed clear as day in the way he carries himself. His eyes flare red, sizzling up the tears before they can fall.
"And then you really will be all alone," you say. Maybe it's the hopelessness of the moment, maybe it's the shock of learning for yourself that he's supposed to be your one and only, but you feel numb. Frayed in a way you didn't know you could be.
The crimson light of his eyes disappears in an instant, revealing surprise, followed by a wounded kind of look, before that familiar seething rage returns.
"We'll see about that."
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it was so hard to pick just one!! but:
10. "You don't know what you do to me."
Fandom : The Sandman
Pairing : Dream of the Endless x Fem!Nameless!Reader (3rd person, no (Y/N))
Rating : M/E (more suggestive than outright smut, but it has its moments)
Tags : Established relationship | PWP with feelings | 1.3K | Angst and comfort
The King of Dreams and Nightmares was a cold, distant creature. Or at least that was how he had been described to her on many occasions. Her own experience had proven those detractors wrong. There was nothing cold about Morpheus, except, perhaps, the spot he left in her bed once he returned to his duties, the memories of his hands and his mouth keeping her warm.
No, the Lord of the Dreaming was not the aloof being some liked to whisper about. Or so she thought.
Lately things had been... different. Upsetting was the word she would use, should she let herself think about it for too long. Ever since he let her in the heart of the Dreaming, she had barely even seen his shadow. At first, she told herself it was the order of things. King he was, and king he remained, with all the duties that came attached to the title. But then, there had been other instances. Avoiding her eyes. Barely looking at her when she stood in the same room as him. Exchanging but a few terse words whenever he failed to avoid her altogether.
It was no wonder to her, then, why the rumours about his nature were so grim. His indifference was not cold. It was glacial.
As a consequence, she spent most of her time alone, exploring a palace she had been let it without a guide. The library was by far the most comforting place she had found so far. She would spend her time there, browsing, marvelling at the sheer endlessness of it. She could have sworn that each night brought a new row of shelves which was not there the day before.
She had taken to reading every unwritten poetry book she could get her hands on. Words scribbled on a restaurant napkin. Half-written confessions. Cries for help. Songs of kinship. She was engulfed in her second volume of the night when footsteps echoed around her and, eventually, stopped.
"I trust you have found the Library to your liking."
Her head snapped up at the sound of his voice. That was more words than he had given her whole week. Standing a few feet away, Morpheus was looking at her, his impassive demeanour in keeping with the rest of his recent aloofness. The first few days, she'd been saddened by it. Now, her melancholy had soured, leaving a bitter taste in her mouth.
"I have," she said, trying and failing not to let resentment colour her words.
He looked, no, observed her from far. Whatever his thoughts were, his face let nothing through.
"I shall leave you to it."
Morpheus had almost turned his back when she snapped her book closed.
"Have I done something?" she asked, standing up from her seat.
He turned around to face her, his brow twitching slightly. His beauty was almost cruel.
"My love?"
"Have you grown tired of me? Do you regret bringing me here? You have barely looked at me since I set foot in the palace."
Something in his expression changed. The stoic mask slipped somewhat as he held her gaze. He did not look angry. He looked hurt.
"You don't know what you do to me."
His words hung in the air between them, almost like a confession. She could have sworn the light filtering through the windows of the library had dimmed.
"Everything here came from me," he continued, looking around them. "Every wall, every stone, every detail was but a thought at first. I made it all. I can feel all of it, for it was once part of me. Nowhere is it more true than here, in the palace. Its entirety could shift, with a single thought of mine."
He took a hesitant step closer, his eyes still gazing deeply into hers. A warm breeze blew against her, although no window was open.
"I did not anticipate how much my thoughts would... wander, once I brought you here."
Although she never averted her eyes, her vision was overwhelmed with images. She saw herself, her back against a bookshelf, hair tangled and cheeks flushed, Morpheus standing between her legs, her thighs held against each side of his hips. She could feel it all, the bite of the wood against her shoulder blades, the fingers digging into her flesh, his hot breath blowing against her neck, the warmth of him against her, inside her.
The vision was gone before she could draw another breath. Behind her, a full shelf of books fell on the floor, making her jump. When she turned back to Morpheus, the heat on her cheeks was no illusion. The room itself felt warmer, almost unbearably so.
"My thoughts rule the Dreaming," he continued, a slight rasp in his voice. "Your presence tends to make them more difficult control."
Another vision struck her. The bookshelf was gone, replaced by the table on her right. Her dress was a mess, fabric hanging from her shoulders, her skirts gathered at her waist. Her hand was lost in a mess of wild hair as Morpheus, knelt on the hardwood floor, worshipped at her altar. Another flick of his tongue overwhelmed her, making her thighs shiver with pleasure. A real, audible moan echoed the vision's, filling the silence of the library.
She slammed her hand against her mouth. Morpheus was closer now, within reach.
"Is it like this all the time?" she asked.
"Whenever you are in my presence," he confirmed.
An onslaught of images flickered before her eyes, mere glances into what she understood to be broader, more consuming fantasies. The feeling of wood against her knees and the salty taste of him. The sensation of soft sheets and his warm skin against her back. His fingers bringing her to completion. His tongue teasing hers.
The echoes of pleasure left her wanting, her breathing short and her knees weak. Morpheus seemed the farthest thing from indifferent now, his gaze studying her intently, as though coming up with other fantasies tailored to this very moment.
"Forgive me, my love," he murmured. "I have neglected you, trying to keep these thoughts from ruling me."
"Will it always be like this? Will you always keep away?"
A faint smile danced on his lips.
"No. I will master them soon. It is only a matter of time. I merely wish to keep my subject from experiencing them until I do. It would make carrying out my duties rather... embarrassing."
"I see. I did not know the Lord of the Dreaming could feel embarrassment."
"Some things are better left between the two us. I do not need the entire realm to know what we sound like in the throes of pleasure."
"Is that a possibility?"
"Very much so."
Morpheus ran a hand through her hair. The touch was accompanied by a phantom kiss in her neck, the hint of unseen teeth teasing her skin. How unfair it was that she could not retaliate. Then again, if she felt him this way, how much did he feel himself, the catalyst of every unconscious thought? The frustration of it had to be unbearable.
"I shall have it under my control soon," he assured her. "Do not deprive yourself of all the Dreaming has to offer in the meantime."
"I did not intend to. Morpheus?"
"Yes?"
She took his hand and kissed his palm, her lips purposefully insistent. He was warm against her, never cold. There was a shift in his eyes, and the light of the room dimmed further, almost plunging them in the darkness.
"Do not just show me, next time, yes?"
"I'm afraid we would need eons for me to put it all in practice, love of mine," he chuckled softly.
"We've got nothing but time."
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Give Iyozane a headache or something
27. Headache/Migraine
(TW: Migraines, Nausea-mention, Sickness. Migraines are no small thing, as I hope to demonstrate here. It gets nasty.)
The first thing Iyozane was aware of when they come to was that their head hurt. Everything hurt actually, but their head most of all, like someone was pounding a hammer into their body over and over and over again.
A weak groan escapes their throat faintly. They try to open their eyes. Blurry colors of gold, red, and silver greet their sore eyes before they close them from the pain.
"... Iyooo!" Their ears ring from the shout that echos from... Mitori's voice, they think. They raise what they think are their palms, trembling and shaking, to their face as if that could soothe the pain.
Even the weight of covers and their own hair was utter agony on their senses. Iyozane abruptly feels the urge to throw up.
A hand shakes their shoulders, and Iyozane finds themself opening their eyes long enough to take in the probably concerned look on Mitori's face. They then close them lest it hurts anymore.
"Stop... Please..." Meaningless words escape their throat, begging for reprieve. But there is no reprieve anywhere from the pounding in their head.
"Iyo, you there?! We...We were having tea together when you... mentioned a headache...and then you fell over...We were...worried sick! Is it... still there?"
Every word hurt to listen to. Iyozane forces their head to move up and down, a nod. Another groan slips through their lips.
"Call... Tsugumi... Fumikado..." They beg. They had no idea why this happened. Thinking any further on it hurt far far more. Thinking at all hurts. But maybe.. Just maybe they might know?
Heh...They feel sleepy... Sleep might make the aching stop.
"Iyo? Iyo?! Come on, stay with me! Someone, I need a doctor, come on... Iyo!!!"
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